Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-10
FARM AND NOME.


4 FAMILIAR TALEs NO. -
~ 3. NEKKKE.
Il - s~u,rrEs Ssa TIM PosR-nKTKLx1oENczR-
Aaa a.seuded the horticultural meeting
sbe big tent at Tacoma on satar.
|ILk 81 a., There was not large sttendAnee
- most Of those there took deer
.~s,re.s ia the proceedings. vent to
1. y. -. Nv success In orchaFding ia
VII w.shsueton Territory has not been
q layllzss ..srk,d. and saw many that knew
- s - competent 70 be my teachers in
..arsv everything pertaining 20 fruit.
~ 90 Ayvher Mr.. Lee and Bingham and some
h.lssz fashery hegan to talk about raising
u 49, ! ,,seud;d trees and splendid fruit Of
n kinds on the poorest q this FIR
fsmber land, could not brook the idea
eazn =. = remaining silent. told them that
~ 49, - "a could not be done; that 70 raise
al - - fruit one must have good, kindly
- sasla IN. hat yoa could not get blood
a k.... -. a . sarnip;' that there are thou
n w. = .,nas and thousands Of acres Ia Wash
- ;.r.ou shat win not raise fruit, or any.
49, Ashiu9 else for that matter, and We
81 E.souId b careful how We not only de.
- Eesved ourselves, bat likewise deceived
s,heFs 70 their hart,
,plecA These gentlemen were sincere; they
ri nsi4s 4hsre ssep spots where, ~ like In Mr.
a - =. Eses own garden on the high land al
ca 80 AaeSn8 OF on the side hill al Stella
tfoom. or the rich clays around about
49, N0vfauia IN some places about Seattle
/ "a heard Mr.. Benton Of Linden. In
- WhateOm county, tell u the fruit soils
Il y fhaf county. In fact the discussion
% fr,s brought out by his story Of hun
5lrcd people coming together, just be-
bFs he left home, 70 Organize branch
Horticultural sOciety Of the enthnsi-
fasm Of the meeting; q the splendid
4lruit they could and did raise down
- 8hers;n Of their prune trees eight
W les. geaFs old that bore four i've, and even
- hundred pounds OF fruit, all Of
ma .. &gkrh believe was true.
"a Ne too, might have been a little /
,seeaoA sanraine," but ] took some notes Of 1
ed 60. Tords as they dropped from his lips
l@. Nelsy soil, about three feet deep, Under |
nv Nh1 with blue clay" rcd sandy loan /" 4
~ - + not high land-second bottom, YOU /
streets fnight say" and like guarded express 4
mis- sons, while describing the sod, adding 4
~ Iihat Il was heavy timber land " IN 1
y go every instance. Just 50. The land 1
4 nm. here Is a level fat country, but /
slehsly elevated above the level OF the /
af2o sound or the rivers that traverse il,
~. e. and Is very different from the very
EosE poorest stony point ON Puget sound
?" ~ . described by Mr.. Lee.
- We vii forgive Mr.. Lee. though, for
/ lis rosy view Of the fruit soils OF
h Washington, because OF the admirable
49, tfst Of fruits suitable for culture in
Nashington that he had deliberately
kssiss. bFepared and presented 70 the society,
slneni and because Of his zeal ia fruit culture
and intelligent experiments that have
nPened into experience, the which he
!. II ave 20 freely. Out Of thirty-seyen
49, NJ Fnneties presented by Mr. Lee. of APP /
& ttsk pies pears plums and cherries, before
was compelled 10 withdraw from the
Meeting 10 catch the train, only two
=. seq we're eliminated by vote Of the so
unfu,. eleiy, and these only after the sharpest
lind Of discussion.
The proceedings OF that meeting
"A fought 10 be published In full The
iact came out that people took a deep
TU0 Interest in the dry discussions about 1
Inc tait.n They continued their session
4ant the dinner hour called them
Il faway, 10 adjourn for an hsurn 20
rtturn TO a man, and at il again "
until, at this writing | do not know
oFda bow long the afternoon session was,
Nor bad 20 come away The talk only /
~ reached the outskirts Of what il before
he society. One gentleman whispered
sta. q my ear 70 try To get up the ques-
Btato Ion II cultivation of orchards an-
- slher about the best time 10 prune
COS md still others with kindred topics 4
HID. shich had 10 give way for want Of /
hme, was glad 10 see this pressure /
y business, and expect Il viii Increase |
alher than diminish.
saw where Frank had cut the clover /
] Ill ii the orchard ON Maple farm. That i
" "a sasbefOre the rain, but the new growth 1
Imssg zane right up :. green as leach" not
lsInss outstanding the dry, hot weather then 1
- ~ 4 Prevailing. This was drawing the 4
asea moisture out Of the ground. as well a. 4
aessa the available plant food, robbing the l
orchard" | did not have time, else \
ts.s uould have given him lecture " on /
D. L, as he sometimes says when talk IN 4
Ia earnest. Thatcloyer should have been /
leit 10 decay on the surface and act as /
dsnd amnlch for the trees, and TO induce 4
49, deposit OF moisture as well as deposit 4
~ = q plant food. No other crop should I
vson ever be taken from orchard ground, /
aas except il might be 10 feed OIL the clover 1
No Silh hogs feeding other food mean 4
1Tr time. In the little pear orchard ON the 1
MI horne place the orchard grass was at
that time waist high, and just ready TO |
he down and completely cover the /
EN- / ground apparently several inches |
deep: then under this the land viii 1
'sppear As mellow - II recently /
TKn Flowed.
rs That little pear orchard =" has been |
49, our pride. once was our luxury, and
rieS always a source of profit. The boys I
! ~ and set il out ON the Quincunx farm
sasy. twenty years OF more ago on the home /
place ten feet apart-5l2 trees 20 the |
acre, That was when the timber
hedged as IN closely al round about. l
:, Our plan was TO dwarf the trees, but l
4 o. rear frees on this deep soil and IN this |
- climate. where they grow nearly All the !
yesr round, are not very easy things /
% dwarf and 81 these run away
nom US and have grown tall, and /
completely cover the ground. ] know
Ne would get more and better fruit |
aoN by thinning them out, but some
al bow none Of us want 20 do Il. 4 short
Va distance off Just east Of where the rel
Nv OF the old house stand, there are
tao Louisa Bon trees, planted at the
same time now fully thirty feet high,
although the top has broken down time
and again with the loads of fruit, that
each bear as much fruit land better a.
" ~ Of the best in the little orchard
think have seen thirty bushels OF
pears on those two trees. and. what Il
more cannot rccollect the year when
they have not borne full crop.
We drove around 10 the meadow
4 Ne was beranng himself for pAstuFing
~ late, il had cut the crop short
Why, said he. want more than
hity tons. There was exactly twenty
a. a = Ill sAssaaH